Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-04-16
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ST. AUGUSTINE, April 12-The fire has been stopped at Treasury St, aud the main portion of the town is safe. The county court house and Vedier's Mu- scum were destroyed. The loss on the St. Augustine Hotel sI00.OOO with no insurance.
 SAN FRAScIsCo, April l2.-TO- day is a legal holiday, an election beng held for the adoption of a state constitutional amendments. There is no stock board nor produce exchange sesslons.
 SAN FRASCIscO, April 12.-Ihe elec- tion being held to-day ID CslIfornla l. to ratify the three amendments to the state constitution which were adopted by the last legislature. Amendment number one. provides the method of the selection of the chef justice of the supreme court, and for the continuance ot the supreme court commlsslun' Amendment number two provides Tor an increase of the salaries Ot me sn- preme judges, the supreme court com missioners and of a number CT rupsfiof judges. Amendment number three ps"- yides that any city of ten thousand iu- habitants or more may adopt a charter for itself instead of having charter de- creed by the legislature. An election ls also being held ID this city Tor the adoption of R new charter.
 Los ANGELES. April l2.-The city health officer reports that the city has probably seen the last case uf smallpox, not one case having appeared for over two weeks and the Incubatiye period nfs more than passed.
 PrTTsBURG, April 12.-The wholesale arrests of employees of the Psrsaniie railroad for rObbing freight trains con tinues to be the expressing topic among railroad men and citizens. Supt. lay lor's office was beseIged from early morning by men m search Of employ ment, many of whom were given eTn ployment. The road is nov fully equipped and there is no delay m the movement of freight. No arrests have been reported since last night. Speak ing of the probable conviction of the
 men now in Jail, Special Agent Rue sad this morning that of the sixty men now under arrest there were not more than one or possibly two, who stood any chance of being shown not gnilty. A bill was introduced m the state leg Islature last night which Is intended to cover such cases Rs the railroBd car
 robberies brought to light ID this city yesterday. The bill is m the shape ot | an amendment to the penal code. Al | present there is no specific law Tor | breaking open a car unless it is proved | that the car was forced with an intent
 to commit a felony.
 BosroS, April PA dispatch from St, | Augustine, Florida, dated to-day, says | St. Augustine took fire 6t 2;3O this morning and was destroyed. The old
 slave mart is also gone and the ancient
 cathedral is in flames. The Edwards | Hotel and half dozen small buildings are also on fire and 1t seems inevitable that the Florida House and opera house must go. There IS danger | of the destruction of the whole town from the plaza to the city gate. al of the seyepty-six guests at the St. Augns- | tine hotel gained safety as did also s!l the guests and servants of the Edwards House.
 SAN PEDRO, Cal, April l2-The | schooner Mabel Gray, just arrived three
 and A half dsys ago from HCmboldt, re- | ported fearful rough weather all the
 way. When of Point Sur, she sighted
 the schooner Joshua GrIndle, water logged and unmsnageRble With diff culry she rescued the entire crew and brought them to San Pedro all well.
 DENVER. April ll.-A bloody not oc- cured last night between the rival Fole and Hungarian colonies. The melee
 grew out of a long standing jealousy
 among the lsettlers over young Polish
 woman. The fight took place among a number of each colony, m which the houses of both were badly wrecked. A | Pole named Reboritski was fatally shot.
 The police arrived on tue scene ahd at- tempted to make arrests, but were re- sisted with clubs BLd stones. They finally succeeded ID arrestIns thirty oi the mob.
 LONDON, April ll-The gathering in | Hyde Park this afternoon was the lsrg- est ever held m London. The people
 were enthusiastic, but orderly. 4 mo- | tion protesting against the coercion biii was offered simultaneously from the i4 l platforms and created great enthu7lssm. l The socialists stole a march ou the pc- lice and erected platform from winch | several speakers delivered oratIOns. They
 afterward held s noisy meeting ID Ira
 falgar Square.
 BILLINGS. M. T, April, ll.-WBrrants | have just been issued for the arrest Of | nine farmers of the Iellows:ous Valley, | between Billings and Park city. These
 arrests will be followed by many others. | Their offence is cutting timber on the | Crow reservation. Nearly all the tim
 Der in the neighboThooi is on the reser- ystion, and during the late severe winter
 farmers along the river were obliged 10 cross on the ice for their supplies Of fuel. Though closely watched they were not interiered with. but R tally was kept. and now the deputy United States Mar
 shals and others officials wlli reap a rich harvest from ths wholesale arrests. Ihe point at which these farmers cut the timber is seventy-fve miles from the l agency, around which the Indians are collected.
 EVANSVILLE, Ind. April 1l-John T.. Raymond, the celebrated BctCr. died here at a quarter after one o'clock this morning. He arrived here from the T hAktAnhuAis AAAAt III NANn heart troubles. About midnight last night he commenced failing rapidly and became unconscious. He wss attended by the members of his company who are grief-stricken over the sad occurrence, Mir. Raymond's family who live in New York, gre not here.
 EVANSVILLE, Ind. April u.-A spe- clal says: John T. Raymond arrived on
 Friday noon, suffering from R severe cold. He WAS billed to play in the evening and was determined to do so in spite of his condition. At four o'clock m the afternoon however, the doctors | persuaded him to relinquish his inten- tion of playing that night and he at once retired. He never again left his bed.
 The entire company accompanied the remains to New York this evening.
 FL PAso, Tex, AprIl 1.-The Collect or of Customs here has been instructed by the United States Treasury Depart ment to establish quarantine st No gales. Benson and AlbuquerqueBg ainst the smallpox ID Sonora and California.
 SAN FRANCISCO, April ll.-John A. Benson and others indicted for perjury and conspiracy in connection with the fraudulent land surveys, were called 10 the United States District Court to-day